Are people this ignorant? (Page 2)

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There is no correlation that eating before bed gains weight.  The only thing eating before going to bed has been shown to do is lead to more cases of indigestion in the middle of the night (mainly because you are lying down to digest instead of standing).

Your stomach doesn't care if you are awake or asleep, it is still doing it's job.  AND you still have 6 - 8 hours of digestion before you are eating again.

To Ranger?  Your co-worker is that ignorant ....... you are correct there.

And what is the difference if you eat a meal with a lot of carbs 3 or 4 hours before going to bed??  Still the same result ........

That is not a timing issue, that is a food consumption issue.

Rather than being angry about it, can we teach instead?

As somebody who still has a little extra weight to get rid of from having been off for a few months, and who used to have more of it, I can't see this type of stuff without thinking that the anger is misplaced and could be hurtful to some of the true "Beginner triathletes" out there, and make them feel unwelcome. Yeah, it's hard to hear people justify and make excuses, but take your extra energy and put it into motivating and plain talk, not cut downs.

I like what whoever said above about responding to stuff like that with "call me and we can go to the gym." We are facing an epidemic in this country, but it's going to take a lot of positive small steps to get us out of it.

Just a point here... Y'all is spelled y'all, not ya'll. Y'all is a contraction of You all, and as such, should be y'all.

As a born and bred southerner, this just one of my pet peeves.

Just sayin'

You may carry on now...

Now this is good stuff.

Complaining is easy. It's not so different from sitting on the couch eating a bag of chips. It's effortless and gives a measure of good feeling, if only for the moment.

Now doing something, like going for a run or making a better food choice, or offering to help or even just having a bit of compassion...those can be hard.

But generally they're worth it. 

Yes, that works in theory ... but the reality is still a different thing.  People in general are getting MORE carbs into their diet, and unless you are a high-activity person like most triathletes and endurance athletes are, it won't matter, the average person will still be overloading their glycogen levels.  And since the body will only store so much, the rest has to go somewhere (fat stores).

Once again, it is not a timing issue.  It does not matter if you eat a lot of carbs in the evening or in the morning, if you are not doing the activities to balance your caloric intake you will gain weight.

I agree 100% that there are better ways to eat.  Nutrition is extermely misunderstood by the majority of people.  Stuff like food combining, proper serving sizes, fluid intake, etc. are all balanced parts of eating right.  But the idea that eating right before bed is a weight gaining problem is a myth, not science.  Eating too much crap any time of the day and not balancing energy burning activities is what causes the weight gain.  It doesn't matter if you are taking in "X" grams of carb in the morning or evening in a 24 hour period ........ if you are not burning enough calories in that 24 hour period to cover that intake you will retain stuff ..........

Rather than being angry about it, can we teach instead?

As somebody who still has a little extra weight to get rid of from having been off for a few months, and who used to have more of it, I can't see this type of stuff without thinking that the anger is misplaced and could be hurtful to some of the true "Beginner triathletes" out there, and make them feel unwelcome.  Yeah, it's hard to hear people justify and make excuses, but take your extra energy and put it into motivating and plain talk, not cut downs. 

Rather than being angry about it, can we teach instead?

As somebody who still has a little extra weight to get rid of from having been off for a few months, and who used to have more of it, I can't see this type of stuff without thinking that the anger is misplaced and could be hurtful to some of the true "Beginner triathletes" out there, and make them feel unwelcome.  Yeah, it's hard to hear people justify and make excuses, but take your extra energy and put it into motivating and plain talk, not cut downs. 

I like what whoever said above about responding to stuff like that with "call me and we can go to the gym."  We are facing an epidemic in this country, but it's going to take a lot of positive small steps to get us out of it.